Garden City, N.Y. - Behind the strength of nine players with at least one kill, the Adelphi volleyball team chalked up its second straight 3-0 victory earlier this afternoon over the non-conference Griffins of Chestnut Hill College.

The Panthers (15-4) led in every statical category and posted a team hitting percentage of .321 with just 11 errors in 84 attempts in the 25-11, 25-10, 25-21 victory.

Sara Bisbe led all players with nine kills and three service aces while McKenna Clawson and Victoria Bailey combined for 13 kills. Setter Grace Wegmann posted a game-high 22 assists and three blocks while on defense, Sara Mandreja posted a team-high seven digs.

It did not take long for the Brown and Gold to run away with the first set win after finding themselves up 12-6 and then unleashing a 6-0 run to go up by 11. The hosts, on 27 attempts in the set, tallied 13 kills without a single error and hit .428. Bisbe accounted for three of the final five points of the set, hammering home three kills to allow Adelphi to take the first set, 25-11.

In a similar situation, Danielle MacKnight's team enjoyed the early lead at 12-8 and then once again, behind four kills, one service ace and two visitor errors, used a 7-0 run to build a 10-point cushion. Down the stretch, Adelphi hit an impressive .528 as a team and out-scored their opponents 6-2, securing the second set victory, 25-12.

Prior to the third set, the Panthers never found themselves down by more than a single point, but were looking at a 13-9 deficit. However, they rallied and strung together an impressive 12-1 run with the help of three service aces and four kills to storm back and take the 21-14 lead.

The Griffins (5-12) were able to pull to within three toward the end, but Sophia Powless put the nail in the coffin with the final kill to win the set, 25-21.

The squad is back in action on Tuesday, Oct. 9 when they host the Chargers of the University of New Haven in a Northeast-10 Conference contest. First serve is slated for a 7 p.m. start in the Center for Recreation and Sport on Dig Pink night. The Panthers will donate all proceeds from their pink ribbon sale to the Sideout Foundation. 

About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past nine seasons, has collected 27 regular season conference titles, 29 tournament championships, 41 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while winning six NCAA Division II National Championships.

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